Lego® Group

The safety and wellbeing of CPA clients is at the centre of our practice. In line with direction from the Australian Government around COVID-19, this program is now delivered via our CPA Telepractice services.

For more information and to make a booking, please complete the form on this page or call us on 1300 888 378.

Tue 9 Jun 2020

CPA@HOME

Lego® Group is a social development program for children with social communication difficulties. Through structured and shared play-based therapy, children learn to communicate with others and express their feelings, learn a variety of ways of relating to other, modify their behaviour and develop their problem solving skills.

Plus we will be setting weekly term 2 Lego® challenges for you and your family to complete at home.

We would love for you to share your creations back with us and the rest of the CPA LEGO® CLUB community.

What does this program involve?

8 x 1.5 hour term-based sessions

Each group intro + whole group discussion with a focus on regulating emotions and community styles and how the communicate.

1hrs of Lego® building

Parent/carer feedback at the end of session and provision of weekly Lego® family challenge

What you need to participate at home?

Lego® or Duplo®

A small table or stack of books to sit in front of your computer so both the participants face and Lego® can be seen.

Note – an element of setting up your home space will be required before each session. Parents/carers will be required to ensure clients have access to appropriate Lego®, instructions (sent by SP prior), table chairs, computer with a camera

Parents/carers will be required to provide supervision during session

What are the outcomes?

Motivation to initiate social contact with peers

Ability to sustain interactions with peers for a period of time

Self-awareness of own and others’ emotions

Who is the program for?

School aged children looking to increase communication and social skills.

Fine motor and bimanual skills to play with Lego® or Duplo® OR have a support person (parent/carer etc) that is able to assist with building Lego®

Register your place today

Limited spaces available! Register now to secure your spot on the next session.

Call 1300 888 378, email ask@cerebralpalsy.org.au or complete the registration form at the top of this page.

Groups are term-based and will not run on public holidays. Dates and times are subject to change.

This program can be funded by your NDIS package, under the following categories: